Title
Comparative Analysis of School Participation and Subjective Well-Being of Students With and Without Disabilities in Chile
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad del Desarrollo
Publisher(s)
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 1
Abstract
School participation is important, since it impacts the well-being of all students. In the case of students with disabilities, support and inclusion conveyed by teachers and classmates in regular lessons are associated with higher levels of subjective well-being. The aim of this study was to compare the levels of school participation and subjective well-being of a convenience sample of subsidized private and municipal schools located in 5 districts of 2 regions of Chile that had a School Integration Program. The final sample comprised 120 schoolchildren (50 with a motor, visual, or hearing disability and 70 with no disabilities) between 14 and 19 years old (M = 16.25, SD = 1.65 years). Participants were evaluated with the following scales: school participation (John-Akinola & Nic-Gabhainn, 2014), multidimensional student life satisfaction (Huebner, 2001), and positive and negative affect for children and adolescents (Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988). Descriptive statistics, correlations, and comparisons of means between the groups (according to disability status) are presented. Results indicate a direct relationship between school participation and subjective well-being in all evaluated students. No differences in school participation were found between students with and without disabilities, but subjective well-being did differ among them. Specifically, students with disabilities showed lower levels of self-satisfaction, family satisfaction, and friend satisfaction than students without disabilities; in addition, students with motor disabilities displayed higher levels of negative affect than those with visual and hearing disabilities.
Start page
1
End page
16
Volume
29
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la educación
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85103677601
Source
Psykhe
ISSN of the container
07170297
DOI of the container
10.7764/psykhe.29.2.1444
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